Our Team

The team consists of Davis, Jeffrey, Laura, and Lucy. Everybody contibuted equally to the construction and planning of the kinetic scultpure, but everybody also had a specialized role in other areas. Davis' role focused on the software (coding) of the kinetic sculputers, Jeffrey's role consisted of the mathmatical physcis calculations, and Laura and Lucy worked together on Working Model 2D, the slides for the presentation, and the majority of the website. The name 'High Rollers' was inspired from COSMOS Casino Night and represents the team's willingness to succeed. More information about the kinetic sculpture project can be found at Design and Control of Kinetic Sculptures.

Kinetic Sculptures

Our team members learned how to design, analyze, fabricate and control several kinetic sculptures! The kinetic sculptures include individual Pendulum Clocks, a controlled Mini Sculpture and an automated Full Sculpture created by our team. 

• Design was facilitated with Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools implemented in Fusion and AutoCAD.

• Analysis of the dynamics of movement of the sculptures is based on fundamental physics with the mathematical description of motion covered in lectures and simulations facilitated by Working Model 2D (WM2D). 

• Fabrication is done both manually in the Dept. of MAE Design Studio and automated with Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) tools provided by the LaserCAMM and optional 3D printing, initiated by a Clock Project.

• Additional motion control is added to our kinetic sculptures by using Lego NXT sensors, including our specially designed COSMOS ball speed sensor, NXT motors and programming an NXT using RobotC.

Our team webpage gives a summary of both our individual and team effort to make our kinetic sculptures work as designed!

Accomplishments

Our team successfully created our mini and full sculptures! Our first mini sculpture was a sculpture which would sort the marbles based on their color and cause them to roll into different baskets. The design consisted of two motor controlled stoppers which would queue the marbles, a motor controlled ramp which would rotate down a certain number of degrees based on the color of the marble, and two baskets which would catch the marbles depending on their color. Our full sculpture included this sculpture as well as a marble elevator, a loop-de-loop, a moving trampoline, and decorative art and labels.